Physical Education

At The Roundhill Academy the Physical Education curriculum inspires and encourages all students to gain and embed a lifelong understanding of the importance of physical activity and sport in ensuring healthy and positive well-being. Students will experience a broad range of sports and activities which provides them with a vast range of skills, knowledge, and tools to succeed and excel physically, mentally and socially.

The curriculum also firmly embeds developmental concepts and values surrounding coaching, resilience, communication, responsibility, and fair play, which can be transferred to other subjects across school. Lessons give students the opportunity to develop their physical competence, coaching and development skills and theoretical knowledge which underpins physical activity and sport, preparing students for future study at GCSE or BTEC and beyond. These concepts and values permeate in Physical Education lessons and contribute to achieving healthy, happy and physically active students.

At both Key Stage 3 and 4 students are given a wide range of opportunities to take part in extra-curricular sports clubs and competitive fixtures against local schools. The Roundhill Academy follows an extensive enrichment program running at lunch time and after school. This program mirrors content taught in the curriculum and provides recreational opportunities for students to further develop their skills and knowledge outside of the classroom.

Year 7


Rugby	In this topic students learn how to play contact Rugby. They learn the main skills involved in Rugby e.g passing, evading, tackling, rucking and mauling. They also learn how to apply their learning to a game situation. In this unit students also learn how to give effective group/team feedback.
Basketball	In this topic students learn the main skills of Basketball e.g passing, dribbling, shooting (lay up and basic set shot) and marking. They learn how to find space, to receive the ball and they learn the main basic rules and signals of Basketball. They also begin to apply basic tactics and learn how to give effective group/team feedback.
Dance	In Dance, students learn to use different types of travel, balance, shape, floor patterns and how to transfer their weight. They learn the key aspects of Dance e.g Canon, Unison, changes of levels, directions and formation and they learn to dance solo, with partners and in small groups. They develop sequences and improve upon their peer support. Students will also gain an understanding of contemporary Dance and what a stimulus is, exploring and experimenting with movement, and creating dance pieces.
Table Tennis	In this topic students learn the basic principles of attack and defence and aim to get the ball to land in a target area so that the opponent cannot return it. Students learn the core skills of the grip and stance, the push shot (forehand and backhand), the drive (forehand) and the serve. They also begin to accurately score and officiate games.
Gymnastics	Students learn how to perform rolls, step patterns, various forms travel and balances e.g headstands/handstands. They learn how to keep safe when they are performing any of the skills and they apply their learning to develop their own floor routines.
Netball	Students learn how to pass, receive, use the correct footwork, pivot, dodge and shoot. They also learn the main basic rules of netball and have an introduction to where the players can move on the netball court. They will learn basic tactics within games.
Badminton	Students learn how to safely play badminton in the Sports hall. They learn how to grip the badminton racquet and build their confidence in being able to maintain a rally. They also learn the basic skills/badminton shots. They learn how to support their peers and analyse basic technique. In addition they learn how to officiate individual half court games.
Football	This topic students learn the basic key skills of football- short passing, using both feet to control the ball, receiving the ball, finding space, dribbling, tackling and simple shooting. They also learn the main rules for restarts, corners, throw ins and fouls. They play smaller sided games and learn basic tactics of how to overcome opposition.
Health Related Fitness	This unit students learn how to test their fitness levels. They learn the protocols of key tests of their muscular endurance, aerobic endurance, strength, power, flexibility, agility and reaction time. From this they are then able to ascertain their own strengths and areas for development.
Athletics	Students learn the basic techniques of the sprint start, running style and pace and the various basic techniques of athletics events such as the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, Shot Putt, Javelin, Relay, Long Jump and High jump and then students apply their learning to aim to improve their personal bests. In the 400m and 800m they will learn tactics of how to perform at their personal best and in each event they will learn the rules and importance of safety.
Striking and Fielding activities	Students learn the main skills in different games e.g Rounders, Softball and Cricket to enable them to develop their ability in throwing (underarm and overarm) and catching, batting, bowling, fielding and stumping. They learn the main rules in one of these games and then apply their learning to the game situation.

Year 8

Rugby	In this topic students improve upon their basic skills for Rugby. They revisit and build upon their passing, evading, tackling, rucking, mauling and begin to learn how to perform the set piece (Scrum and lineout). They also learn how to apply their learning to a game situation with a 6 man scrum and 4 man lineout. In this unit students continue to give effective group/team feedback.
Basketball	In this topic students revisit the main skills of Basketball learned in year 7 and build upon them. They also learn the jump shot, the fast break, pivoting and ‘reaching in’ for the ball and defending skills. They spend more time playing full court games and begin to embed their learning around full court play and how to play half-court defence. They also learn the 3 second rule and improve their ability to give feedback to their team.
Dance	In Dance lessons students refine their body actions and further develop floor patterns and shape. They explore different stimuli and different themes to year 7. In this block students continue to develop their dances in solo, partner, small groups and a whole class, giving and receiving feedback with their peers.
Table Tennis	In this students develop their consistency in their replication of the core skills such as the grip and stance, the push shot (backhand and forehand) and the serve. This year students learn how to perform the backhand drive and they further develop their ability to land the ball in a target area with control and begin to refine their game tactics with the intention of outwitting their opponent. Students build further confidence in their ability to officiate games and improve on the quality of feedback that they are able to give about themselves and their peers.
OAA (Orienteering)	In this block students have an introduction to Orienteering. They learn basic map reading skills and how to recognise features on a map, they learn how to ‘thumb’ a map and how to find various points on a map. They develop their teamwork, co-operation and problem solving skills by working in teams to complete various courses on the school site. Lastly, they also apply tactics when competing against other teams.
Handball	In this topic students have an introduction to Handball. They learn the key skills of passing, dribbling, shooting and defending and improve these throughout the topic. They also learn the basic rules of Handball and apply these to a game situation. They develop their use of peer support to suggest www and ebi and analyse their skills and performances.
Gymnastics	In this topic students revisit the skills learned in year 7 and then build upon them by learning counterbalances, more complex linking moves, contrasting shapes, asymmetrical and symmetrical shapes and more complex sequences.
Netball Topic	Students revisit their basic skills in year 7 and improve upon these. They also learn and improve upon their technique when rebounding; their use of dodging and recognizing space when attacking and defending. They also learn more advanced rules of netball and learn further tactics to outwit the opposition.
Badminton	Students learn the main shots involved in Badminton (forehand and backhand, the high and low serve, overhead clear, drop shot, net shot and overhead smash) and become more able to replicate the technique involved. They improve upon the quality of feedback that they offer to their peers and become more confident in officiating individual half court games.
Football	This topic student’s revisit and improve upon the key skills learned in year 7. They learn how to perform and long pass, lofted and chip pass and then learn how to head the ball (Attacking and defensive headers). They also learn to delay their defence (jockeying), attacking skills (by using control and shielding the ball) and they also consolidate their knowledge of the rules (penalties and direct/indirect free kicks) and build this knowledge into playing increasingly larger games using 3 or 4 touches.
Health Related Fitness	This unit student’s learn about the key features of different methods of training and the components of fitness they improve. They experience circuit, interval, fartlek and continuous training and which sports performers might use these various methods of training.
Athletics	Students revisit and improve upon their technique in the sprint start and apply this to the 100m, 200m and 400m. Students also revisit the following events aiming to improve their technique and personal best: 800m, Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Relay, Long Jump and High jump. This year students also learn the basic technique of the Triple Jump and then apply their learning to complete triple jump with a full run up. They will also improve upon their ability to analyse performances.
Striking and Fielding activities	Students improve upon their basic skills in bowling, batting, fielding and game play. They develop their ability to analyse performances in order to improve their technique, how to recognise space and how to play the ball into space. Students begin to learn how to back up their team mates.

Year 9

Handball	In this topic student’s further develop their key skills of passing, dribbling, shooting, defending and begin to learn team defensive strategies (man on man marking). They learn the positional requirements within Handball and they improve their ability to beat defenders using footwork to enable them to get around opposition and learn advanced tactics in how to shoot to beat the goalkeeper. They also further develop their knowledge of the rules of Handball and apply these to the game situation and improve their use of peer support to suggest www and ebi.
Basketball Topic	In this topic students revisit and improve on the main skills of Basketball. They also learn how to screen, how to use a man to man ‘sagging defence’, how to use a fast break and to drive towards the basket. They fully embed the half court defence rule and learn further rules such as the 5 second, 8 second and 24 second rules and also learn what technical fouls are. They also give more effective feedback to their team.
Netball Topic	Students improve upon their key skills in netball and also develop their ability to turn in the air when doing footwork. Students learn to use running footwork, shoot with steps, rebounding, defensive principles, attacking principles and attacking principles within game situations. They learn more advanced tactics and more advanced rules of netball.
Badminton	Students revisit the main shots they have learnt in year 8 (forehand and backhand, the high and low serve, overhead clear, drop shot, net shot and overhead smash) and also learn the high backhand clear. They complete a variety of practices in isolation and combined to challenge them further. They further develop their tactical play, learn the full court markings and learn how to play doubles. They become more proficient in giving peer feedback and students officiate games.
Handball	In this topic students consolidate the skills learned in year 8. They revisit skills such as passing, dribbling, shooting and defending and further improve these throughout the topic. They learn how to use zonal defence and become more proficient in the use of their three steps before passing or shooting and begin to use different types of shots from different angles. They consolidate their knowledge of the rules of Handball and begin to learn basic tactics and strategies to outwit the opposition. They also develop their analysis skills to be able to analyse their team’s strengths and opponents weaknesses.
Table Tennis	In this block students revisit the skills learned in year 7 and 8 and also begin to apply spin (topspin and the slice) to the ball for both the backhand and forehand drive. They develop more advanced techniques and refine their game tactics to outwit opponents. They start to become more confident in demonstrating the essential elements of attack and defence in competitive situations and can more accurately score and officiate games unassisted.
Football	This topic students revisit previous work from year 7 and 8 but this year they learn the half volley, full volley, how to bend the ball, goalkeeping skills, control and use of space with support play and learn to combine their skills. They learn that offside can be used as a defensive ploy and the roles of specific players in specific positions. They will officiate their own games wherever possible and learn simple systems of play and formations.
Health Related Fitness	This unit students learn the basics of how to design a training program. They experience a training program and develop this throughout the block. They have an introduction to learning the main principles of training and how to apply them to a training program.
Athletics	Students revisit and improve upon their technique in the sprint start and apply this to the disciplines of: the 100m, 200m and 400m. Students also revisit the following events aiming to improve their technique and personal best: 800m, Shot Putt, Discus, Javelin, Relay, Long Jump, High jump and Triple jump. This year students begin to show much more confidence in the rules of the events and the techniques involved.